Greater Danger Lies in Spent Fuel Than in Reactors (Published 2011)

Years of procrastination in deciding on long-term disposal of highly radioactive fuel rods from nuclear reactors are now coming back to haunt Japanese authorities as they try to control fires and explosions at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Some countries have tried to limit the number of spent fuel rods that accumulate at nuclear power plants: Germany stores them in costly

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今後、プルサーマル計画が直面することになる課題と、MOX燃料のリスクについて書かれている。